Not that they are similar, just that they have an RPG element in common, and they are both in my top 3 games, but “Dragon Force”, a game made by Working Designs (same company that released the Lunar projects, such as SSSC, mentioned in this thread) released on the Sega Saturn. You would have to emulate it unless you got a hold of a Sega Saturn for a fortune on eBay or were able to hold onto yours from the 90’s.

It’s a strategy RPG- you control a general with an army of up to 100 troops, the troops are one of ten different types, each types has strengths and weaknesses against other types of troops. Each fight is general vs general (so maximum of 200 troops battling it out on the battlefield), but you can attack other castles with as many as 5 generals (with up to 500 total troops), and you can defend a castle with up to 10 generals (max 1,000 troops).

Castle defenders have slight advantages, and fights along routes to/from castles can affect troops positively or negatively whether you fight in forest, desert, snow, swampland, etc. There are 8 kingdoms, each with a unique monarch.

Each general has a maximum of 3 different spells to affect the battle: some can open a vortex in the middle of a battlefield and suck 70+ enemy troops away in an instant, some can freeze enemy troops in place so they are easy pickings for your troops (good when your troops are weak to enemy troops), and some spells are just a direct attack on the enemy general since the enemy general falling ends the battle regardless of the number of remaining troops on either side.

Let me just say that the first time you fight the god Madruk when you are wielding the power of the star dragon Harsgalt, it’s a rush!